Signed: Extract from the minutes. Charles Thomson, secretary., Followed by a resolution of the Continental Congress dated Apr. 16, 1778, concerning the commissary general of purchases., N-YHS copy: fabric lining.

Concerning Britain's efforts to discredit American currency. Four resolutions on taxation and withdrawing the bills of credit of the emissions of May 20, 1777 and April 11, 1778. The three resolutions dated January 2, 5, and 14, 1779, are each signed: Extract from the minutes, Charles Thomson, secretary., N-YHS copy inscribed on verso: resolves of Congress in January 1779; ink stamp: Tomlinson collection, deposited by the Mercantile Library Association; fabric lining.

Describes the hierarchy and functions of the clothing department of the army., At end: Extract from the minutes, Charles Thomson, secretary., The Continental Congress met at Philadelphia in 1779., N-YHS copy: lower-left corner clipped; inscribed: duplicate.

Signed on p. [2]: Extract from the minutes, Charles Thomson, secretary., Originally published: Philadelphia : David Claypoole, 1780., Imprint from Livingston. Probably printed about the end of April, 1781. Cf. Livingston, L.S. Franklin and his press at Passy, p. 84-86., Footnote to first article of text, at bottom of p. [1]: *This exception is taken away by an ordinance of Congress, of March the 27th, 1781, which see.

Signed: Extract from the minutes, published by order of Congress, Charles Thomson, secretary., Another issue in a different setting of type has "Philadelphia" as the first word of the title., Imprint from Evans., Text includes the form of the parole for prisoners of war., Not in Sabin., N-YHS copy has manuscript corrections in the text; fabric lining.

Twelve resolves concerning enlistment, bounties and pay, passed at sessions of Congress held on September 16th, 18th, and 19th., Signed: By order of the Congress, John Hancock, president., Imprint supplied by Evans., Printed area measures 30.0 x 16.2 cm., N-YHS copy: fabric lining.

Signed: by order of Congress, [John Hancock] president., Bristol B4254 supplies Watertown, Mass. as the place of publication. Actually, Bristol is describing this Philadelphia edition with ms. annotations for vessels of Massachusetts., The third and fourth lines end: war; make. In other editions the third and fourth lines end: vessels, them; shall, vessels; vessels, reprisal., N-YHS copy signed in manuscript.

Signed: By Congress, [blank] president., "This form was reprinted, and continued to be in use ... certainly as late as 1780; the later editions being signed in ms. by the president of Congress"--Evans 15137., Imprint date based on terms of the presidents of Congress who signed extant copies: NYPL copy signed by Henry Laurens (president, Nov. 1777-Dec. 1778); LC and Rhode Island Historical Society copies signed by John Jay (president, Dec. 1778-Sept. 1779)., Not in Evans or Bristol., The third and fourth lines end: vessels, reprisal. In other editions the third and fourth lines end: vessels, them; shall, vessels; war, make., N-YHS copy singed in manuscript: John Jay; inscribed at head: instructions to commanders of privateers in 1776; fabric lining.

Circular letter to the county lieutenants, ordering the militia to be called out on the expected arrival of the British in Delaware Bay., Ascribed by Evans to the press of John Dunlap., N-YHS copy signed in manuscript: "I am Sir your very Hum Sert Tho Wharton jun Pres"; lengthy manuscript inscription at foot of page; fabric lining.

Two resolves and eight articles enumerating and explaining the charges of "illegal and oppressive conduct" levelled against Benedict Arnold, and the order that the state attorney general prosecute him for the same., Signed: Extract from the minutes, T. Matlack, secretary., N-YHS copy: manuscript note attached to verso; ink stamp: Tomlinson collection--deposited by Mercantile Library Association.

Ordering the county commissioners to deliver a written account of any property confiscated from loyalists, according to the "ordinance of the late Council of Safety," Oct. 21, 1777 (Evans 15529)., Signed: By order of Council, [blank] To [blank] Esquire, one of the commissioners for the county of [blank]., N-YHS copy: blank form completed in manuscript; signed: Geo. Bryan, vice president; addressed to: "John Lacey jun." Esquire, one of the commissioners for the county of "Bucks."

N-YHS copy with blanks filled in: the "twentieth" day of "Feby." 1776. To "Abraham Haasbrook. Esquire" ... appoint you "the said Abraham Haasbrook. Colonel." of the "northern regiment of militia of foot in Ulster County" [signed in ms. at end] Attest. "Rob: Benson, scry." By order, "Nathll. Woodhull presidt."

Plan for raising revenue for the United States by subscription; written by a committee established by a Philadelphia town-meeting, May 25, 1779, and titled: To our fellow-citizens., Signed: William Henry, chairman., Text of plan printed in two columns., N-YHS copy inscribed: "Jno. Zabrisky", "John Zabrisky"; fabric lining.

Concerning the enlistment of officers and soldiers for a three year term., Imprint supplied by Bristol., Text in two columns., N-YHS copy has manuscript note on verso: "1776 December Papers"; fabric lining.

Concerning the enlistment of officers and soldiers for a three year term., Text in two columns., N-YHS copy 1 signed in manuscript: "Fish-kill, Nov. 25th. 1776. By order, Robert Yates chairman of the Committee of Arrangement in the State of New-York". Damaged along creases with slight loss of text; fabric lining., N-YHS copy 2 signed in manuscript: "By order of the Committee of Arrangement, Rt Harpur [?] Chairman P.F [?]"; manuscript notes on verso. Imperfect: all before "United States of America" lacking, damaged along creases, lower left corner torn and lacking, affecting text and portion of imprint; fabric lining.

"The condition of this obligation is such, that if the above-bounden [blank] who is commander of the [blank] called [blank] belonging to [blank] of [blank] in the colony of [blank] mounting [blank] carriage guns, and navigated by [blank] men, and who hath applied for a commission or letter of marque and reprisal, to arm, equip, and set forth to sea, the said [blank] as a private ship of war ... shall not exceed or transgress the powers and authorities which shall be contained in the said commission ... then this obligation shall be void, or else remain in force".

Printed in two columns divided by wide black rule., Printed area measures: 30.5 x 12.0 cm., Poem in 36 numbered four-line stanzas., First line: The Lord Jehovah reigns on high., Imprint supplied by Evans. Recorded as a New London imprint by Trumbull and Wegelin, but not recorded by Hazel Johnson in her Checklist of New London, Connecticut, imprints, 1709-1800., N-YHS copy inscribed: Mary Tanners[?] verses given her by her Mammaa Lydia Pierson Killingworth. April the 21st 1813; fabric lining.

First line: For ages the nations beheld with surprize., Watermark: OGR (probably Onderdonk, Gaines, and Remsen, the proprietors of the Onderdonk Paper Mill in Hempstead, Long Island, New York)., Library copy with ms. note on verso: Supposed--by the Revd. Mr. Odell, late Episl minister at Burlington in New Jersey driven to N York by the violent [rulers?] of the day. At the close of the Am. War, he went to the province of New Brunswick shamefully relinguished his profession & was appointed Secy of that province.

Eleven numbered stanzas printed in double columns divided by type ornament rule. Type ornament rule and border., Title taken from first two lines of text., Dated: New-York, April 23, 1779., Type ornaments at sides previously used by John Holt. Cf. Evans 14034 and 14325. Other ornaments used by Hugh Gaine, who probably was the printer., N-YHS copy imperfect: title cropped, missing. Ms. note on verso: [illegible] for St. Geo. Day by the Rev. Mr. Odell.

Verse in twenty-seven stanzas; first line: Come all you friends to goodness, I pray you to attend., Dated [1765] by Evans. However, the theme of extortion suggests to Ford and others that the poem was written about 1777 when this evil was a topic of common concern in the colonies. Cf. Winslow, Ola E. American broadside verse ... New-Haven, 1930, no. 89., Woodcuts are the same as those used frequently by Ezekiel Russell who was located at Salem, Mass., in 1776 and early 1777. In February or March, 1777, Russell moved his printing office to nearby Danvers, Mass., The two woodcuts show an astronomer examining the heavens with a cross staff, accompanied by an armillary sphere, compasses, etc., and a town with lightning overhead., Text in two columns divided by single rule., N-YHS copy: closely trimmed, torn, with slight loss of text; fabric lining.

Signed: We have the honor to be, gentlemen, your most obedient humble servants, B. Franklin, John Adams. To the governor, or any counsellor, or senator, or member of any House of Representatives, in any of the thirteen United States of America., "Read in Congress, July 8, 1778, and ordered to be published. Charles Thomson, secretary.", N-YHS copy: fabric lining.

Resolutions ordering 4000 blankets to be collected, fixing the quota for the city of Philadelphia and the several counties, and appointing commissioners to collect them., Signed: By order, Thomas Wharton, Jun. president., N-YHS copy: manuscript annotations in the text; fabric lining.

An account of the attack on Fort Sullivan., Ascribed to the press of Benjamin Towne by Evans., Text in two columns., N-YHS copy inscribed on verso: For Mr. John McKesson, from E.H.[?] ...; fabric lining.

Signed: Extract from the minutes, published by order of Congress. Charles Thomson, secretary., Another issue in a different setting of type has "In Congress" as the first words of the title., Imprint from Evans., Text includes the form of the parole for prisoners of war., Not in Sabin., N-YHS copy: fabric lining.